When he was on the muppet show.

he is who he is, what is normal?

omnithanos said:

Are you saying compaired to the muppets he seemed normal?

Never. Even when his music has been toned down, his appearance hasn't.....the permed hair, the make-up, the heels. He needs to never be normal because there's way too much normal these days. Someone needs to stand out.

MickG said:

No Mick, U sick Paddy, He seemed chilled out and willing to take the piss out of himself a bit while comfortably conversing with puppets.

He also seemed quite normal in the Rave press confrence when he got asked about Michael Jackson and who'd win in a fight.

omnithanos said:

Well then, maybe someone should offer to do an interview with him as a muppet or with a puppet. I'd do that for Prince.

Gee...Prince...normal.

Sorry doesn't ring a bell. If Prince was "normal" I wouldn't like him. I can say that honestly. I mean everything the man does draws attention. He doesn't have to open his mouth to saw anything. Just what he wears draws attention. And I don't mean those bikini drawers like back in the day. An asymetrical cut suit--we all saw him in it--with his trademark high heels. And that's a "normal" outfit for Prince. I have just recognized in the way that he carries himself, no matter what he does, he'll never fit the "norm" for your typical artist.

And you know why? Because Prince was made to be different. And that's probably why we're all fans to start with!

Now is his most normal period....the early period (before DM) qualifies too, but thats when the horrendously "not right" outfits started appearing....who could forget.....



...ughhh....still have nightmares bout that one.....

...but he's normal now b/c (and I paraphrase Bill Cosby on this one....)

"this is not the man I grew up with....he is an old man trying to get to heaven..."

reneGade20 said:

Prince and Larry Graham are trying to get that ticket on the Spaceship flown by the Witnesses to that big Kingdom Temple in Space.

Seriously...I am trying to think of when he has been reasonably normal and I think it is when he was married and right now...

Normal is so subjective, but the last few years have seen him become more accessible to mainstream America while he holds onto vestiges of his unique personality.

Case in point: About a day after he toured ATL with Musicology, a radio station DJ on the sports talk station (680AM) was raving about how great it was to see the man in a suit versus the assless pants of 1991.

Although we know that P has a unique array of clothing, the Gett Off era image stuck with many in the mainstream population as who Prince was.

For me, he always has been normal, but he marches to his own beat

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

I like that response

based on some of the people on this site and what goes on in the chat room, Prince has always been normal

MajesticOne89 said:

He slagged off his assless pants look on the muppets and proclaimed himself as being normal, look.

Don't get me wrong: P is a unique cat and to many folks outside of the fams, they don't get it.

His music is an extension of his personality, so I totally get what he tries to accmplish 9/10 times. (still doesn't explain Wedding Feast).

The Slave era, the clothing, the cryptic chit chat, musical experiments, and other "eccentricities" make him consistently stay interesting.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

reneGade20 said:

co-sign

sitruk7 said:

Thanks.

If you think about it, P has done something almost unheard of.

In an era where artists are constantly pimping their product and feel obliged to explain EVERYTHING about their lives (i.e. Madonna and others), P's quirks have preserved his integrity as an artist.

I remember reading an old issue of my parents Ebony magazine a while back and in the letters to the editor (from 1981), someone wrote in stating that Prince would be a footnote in musical history because of his being.

Fast forward to 2005. The org has a wonderful blend of people: straight, gay, young, old, all nationalities. That has to be attributed to the power of the man's personality/music. If he went the pimping route and made himself all things to all people, he would have fizzled back in the 1980's.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

Damn, Son.....keep rollin'!! U hit it right on AGAIN!!!!

reneGade20 said:

Thanks....

Just observations really.

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reneGade20 said:

I love this Picture, this is when I 1st fell in love with the man, I loved his music 1st but this picture, was my 1st crush and I am still crushin

mistyblue said:

But lets look at this objectively.....

....try bein a 13/14 year old boy....diggin on the music, no doubt, but having friends that weren't quite as progressive.....already giving u shit cuz u listened to Prince....then that picture comes out on a mag cover that is readily available in the neighborhood "bodegas"....

..wasn't h8n on the man.....or the music....just used the pic in question to illustrate the differences....he wears suits now....instead of nut-cutter shorts and suspenders.....YIKES!!!

NDRU said:

Yeah Ditto

MickG said:

Normal is as normal is to that individual

I actually think the 1976 1979 period, where he was just another pop making teenager. He wrote mainstream songs about various aspects of teenage love. Hardly outrageous, the only novelty being the fact he did it all and had a big ass contract.
Dirty Mind is where he becomes an individual and breaks free of the normative mould he had been cast into.

sitruk7 said:

check..or 2001..or now..

reneGade20 said:

agree
lol i love wedding feast

g3121 said:

"A feast, a feast, a smorgasborg at least...."

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

a munch a brunch of cake if just a piece

Are you normal? This is how "judging" starts. What's normal to you in your world?

g3121 said:

Not just a vat of chitlins
Or turkey meat u c
We r what we eat
So we must eat a leaf
We'll dine under a tree
Unless it snows!

Sheer brilliance